Tuesday’s Buzz: 10.9.12

Amidst reports of tension between the Yale Police and administration, sources with close ties to Yale Security have claimed that the University has altered deployment policies and breached contractual agreements to penalize the security force for unionizing.They accused the administration of leaving established security posts largely unattended, breaching the security officers’ contracts by moving and segmenting their shifts, and reducing work opportunities by hiring casual security guards through unaffiliated security companies.

Restaurants across Connecticut are participating in a statewide Restaurant Week by offering special menus of a multicourse meal for a fixed price of $20.12. From Oct. 8 through Oct. 14, 100 restaurants in Connecticut will participate in the fifth annual Connecticut Restaurant Week, in which eateries statewide offer meals for a reduced prices.

After nearly a decade of fighting extradition to the United States, Babar Ahmad and Syed Talha Ahsan arrived in New Haven early Saturday from Great Britain on charges of aiding terrorist organizations. According to the affidavit, the two suspects are accused of operating a website to raise funds, recruit fighters and provide material support to terrorists in Afghanistan and Chechnya — charges that they plead not guilty to on Saturday morning. The affidavit cited the Connecticut address of Ahmad’s Internet provider as the reason for holding the men in New Haven.